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Rockabye Lyrics

tending the garden of noise
when i grow the traffic
and the church bells
and the neighborhood boys
singing to myself
as the solitude sets in
in tune with the symphony
of south brooklyn
i sing

rockabye, rockabye baby
rockabye, the baby that is me
rockabye, rockabye baby
rockabye till i'm fast asleep

the tunnel is train torn
the tracks are worn and sore
i can feel the rattle
riding up through the floor
she jumped the turnstile
he paid for his ride
i am the echo in the station
where their footfalls collide
i left her at the epicenter
we were trembling dutifully
i left him too
i left parts of me
singing rockabye

i said today i am leaving
in every sense of the word
but i'm in love with your memory already
everything i've seen and heard
and i will go singing
as the solitude sets in
in time with the rhythm
of everywhere i have been
it sounds like rockabye
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Submitted by
aur0ra On Dec 04, 2001
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Cover art for Rockabye lyrics by Ani DiFranco

I'm not exactly sure what this song means. It sounds vaugly like a woman who's gone a bit mad. I do love the "tending the garden of noise" lines though. Very catchy song but not my favorite Ani.

Cover art for Rockabye lyrics by Ani DiFranco

I lurvvve this song. to me personally it means not being able to get the comfort you need from somebody else and being lonely, and watching other people met up, and having to just comfort yourself.